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16 minutes ago, yossi said:

I have a nickel Elmar too.  Just checked, mine has no. 1 knob haha. So it is not quite 50mm, Interesting!

oh Nb. 1 is an old elmar potentially, thus the rendering should be better & also market price double of the new elmar. Mine is 1 too.

For reference, mint examples of old Elmar in Japan go for 230,000JPY, whereas regular New Elmar nickel go for 120,000JPY. Chrome Elmars are cheaper of course.

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35mm 3.5 Summaron coated.

 

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Elmar 3.5cm (uncoated 1937) with M9 Monochrom

 

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1 hour ago, tsleica said:

35mm 3.5 Summaron coated.

Nice picture but wrong thread.

I for one think it would be really nice if this thread remains an Elmar
35mm & 50mm f3.5 appreciation thread as it is intended to be. 

You might want to open a Summaron 35mm 3.5 thread or an Elmar/Summaron
35mm f3.5 comparison thread and/or ask someone with admin rights to move the
post to

or a newly opened Summaron 35mm 3.5 thread

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January the 1st, 43°N not long before sunset but still warm as you see.
50mm (with a "1" under the focus knob), M9

 

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Same walk, a little later. It can flare with the sun in the right place.

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Same walk

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23 hours ago, shirubadanieru said:

oh Nb. 1 is an old elmar potentially, thus the rendering should be better & also market price double of the new elmar. Mine is 1 too.

For reference, mint examples of old Elmar in Japan go for 230,000JPY, whereas regular New Elmar nickel go for 120,000JPY. Chrome Elmars are cheaper of course.

Out of curiosity, I brought my old Elmar out for a spin today.  Took a few random shots.  Attached is one of them.

(Not sure if it is "better" than my favorite red scale Elmar, but it sure is an interesting and good lens.)

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My M3 is back! Elmar 35mm 🔥

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On 2/15/2023 at 9:39 PM, JMF said:

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That 3 digit 1930 35mm Elmar was cla'd and RF adjusted  recently accurately down to 0,90m yet it  still is  missing an iris blade !

 

 

Close focus on SL 

 

Cheers

JM

 

 

 

Just saw this close-focus Elmar 3.5cm.  Guess what, I too have one of this nickel close-focus Elmar 3.5cm :D  I bought this lens for a song when I was a student in the UK 25 years ago.  It has no 308 marking but has a O at the back of the lens mount.

Mine looks pristine with perfect glass but cannot focus accurately with any of my M cameras. (Because of that, I had not shot with this lens at all. I really should!)

 

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Elmar 35mm & Gold 200

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Elmar 3.5cm (1948 coated) + M10R

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Uncoated Elmar 3.5cm.  Ok-ish sharpness and some vignettings. 

400TX inHC-110B.

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This lens has an extraordinary rendering, i love it

Leica II / 50 Elmar 3,5 de 1928

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Some test shots with a 35mm Nickel Elmar f3.5 "3 digits" from 1930  at f6.3 on a M10-P :

 

 

 

It is the close focus version:

 

 

 

Best, JM.

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35/3.5 Elmar / XX / M-A

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M10P ASC + 1948 Elmar 35/3.5, wide open

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M3 / Elmar 35mm f3.5 coated / Cinestill 400 at f3.5

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